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please join me in recognizing calista gingrich. [applause] so we have with us tonight a very special guest. i know that if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit introduction, the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's biography, i promise you we would be here all night and even newt gingrich would get for himself. [laughter] his list of achievements in politics, his involvement in lifelong learning, his expertise in national security matters, his business interest, his endeavors, the dozens of books he has written, the list goes on and on. allow me to presume that all of us here are well acquainted with the important milestones in the light of newt gingrich. because i would like to focus on the future in some part. what i sincerely hope is that it's place in it as it relates to ideas is heard. let me explain. it is no secret to anyone here that the party of abraham lincoln and ronald reagan took a beating three weeks ago. republicrepublic ans lost the battle for the white house and the house and senate.
please join me in recognizing calista gingrich. [applause] so we have with us tonight a very special guest. i know that if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit introduction, the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's biography, i promise you we would be here all night and even newt gingrich would get for himself. [laughter] his list of achievements in politics, his involvement in lifelong learning, his expertise in national security matters, his business interest,...
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his success in working with newt gingrich and the republicans in formulating that tax reduction legislation led to a budget surplus is the touchstone for success in working with the opposing parties to fulfill a president legislative agenda. clinton insightfully appointed erskine bowles to represent him in negotiations with congress. bulls great talent for bargaining was important in reaching the president's legislative agenda. but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to an each bill clinton, obviously an extreme example, but the age-old conflict between congress and the executive branch of government and get bill clinton was lifted, only seven were elected presidents who were successful. there are lessons to be learned from the clinton's second term that might offer guidance to obama where he reelect me. some of the president to face hostility from congress feel the majority of their own party included washington, jefferson, monroe, grant, theodore roosevelt, johnson and bush. andrew jackson was censured by the congress controlled by democratic party. he never forga
his success in working with newt gingrich and the republicans in formulating that tax reduction legislation led to a budget surplus is the touchstone for success in working with the opposing parties to fulfill a president legislative agenda. clinton insightfully appointed erskine bowles to represent him in negotiations with congress. bulls great talent for bargaining was important in reaching the president's legislative agenda. but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to...
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[laughter] >> guest: with a very young newt gingrich among others. [laughter] a very thin newt gingrich, too, but that's a different story. this is a book really about the reality that in 43 years that the two of us have been immersed in the politics of washington from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the disfunction is at a critical mass, and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is, as the book says, even worse than it looks. it never looks good. and we have to talk about who's at fault and what we can do to get out of it. half the book is about how we can get out of this mess. >> guest: the argument, basically, is twofold. one, we have now polarized political parties internally, homogeneous, very much at loggerheads much like parliamentary parties, ve innocently oppositional. but they have to work in a constitutional system that's based on separation of powers and checks and balances. the mismatch between our parties and our governing institutions is problem number one. problem numb
[laughter] >> guest: with a very young newt gingrich among others. [laughter] a very thin newt gingrich, too, but that's a different story. this is a book really about the reality that in 43 years that the two of us have been immersed in the politics of washington from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the disfunction is at a critical mass, and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is, as the book says, even worse than it...
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cantor has already started to whisper a campaign against you, and we saw it happen with speaker newt gingrich and it can happen to you. speaker boehner took that to heart and he walked away from a deal shortly after that. >> coming to the interplay between the republican side in the second, task list. the president was initially doing a "des moines register" editorial board and did not get the endorsement of that paper and one of the things he said is that he believed he could get a grand bargain struck on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november 6. based on what you're saying, it may not be possible if the freshmen, now sophomores, and some of the new members don't essentially give him their blessing to go cut a deal. they may feel in the same tough spot now that they were last year. >> a grand bargain based on what you're saying they not be possible if obama wins under any circumstance to well, i will go ahead and talk about it anyway because i have been doing general election reporting for "the new york times" magazine. in talking to the campaign manager of the obama campaign, ask
cantor has already started to whisper a campaign against you, and we saw it happen with speaker newt gingrich and it can happen to you. speaker boehner took that to heart and he walked away from a deal shortly after that. >> coming to the interplay between the republican side in the second, task list. the president was initially doing a "des moines register" editorial board and did not get the endorsement of that paper and one of the things he said is that he believed he could...
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so tavis smiley and newt gingrich had a get together, newt gingrich is very taken with smiley's initiative to start this how do we create ontreppe trip knewship in center sits. you guy in the suburb, you can start also restaurant or landscaping company. anymore the center city need to be given those opportunities so they can have the opportunity to participate. so they've given an infrastructure to how do you start a sub shop, start a landscaping company. so the whole notion of what makes america great is because people want to build and create and inspire people and make everybody at every level successful. and that's why it is exciting to be one of those 1%. i'm part of the 1%, and i have no -- i have no shame of about that because everybody dollar i have, every 100 milliondog, whatever i had, i treaded that for something that somebody else wanted. i took $100,000 portfolio of one move of my teachers and built it into a retirement nest egg he could health if i tack a $1,000 fee for that every pay my expenses and hi taxes, you wonder how much if have to buy any golf golf balls with? 2 $25
so tavis smiley and newt gingrich had a get together, newt gingrich is very taken with smiley's initiative to start this how do we create ontreppe trip knewship in center sits. you guy in the suburb, you can start also restaurant or landscaping company. anymore the center city need to be given those opportunities so they can have the opportunity to participate. so they've given an infrastructure to how do you start a sub shop, start a landscaping company. so the whole notion of what makes...
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and this is why i'm doing this six month study at gingrich productions which i've entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons learned right now. we don't know what we're talking about. when you see these guys on tv who wasted millions of dollars as consultants explaining what they now think, what you know is they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. i mean, this is a serious crisis of the conservative movement and the republican party because if we don't figure out the new game, we're not going to be, we're not going to be competitive for a generation or or more. that's how serious it is. i mean, don't assume we're going to win in '16 because we'll nominate some clever person who has the appropriate ethnic background and articulates better than mitt did. mitt got about what mccain got, which was about what dole got, which was about what bush i got running for re-election. that's a fact. and unless we get our act together, and look at the california republican party. you think finding the right individual is going to turn around the largest s
and this is why i'm doing this six month study at gingrich productions which i've entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons learned right now. we don't know what we're talking about. when you see these guys on tv who wasted millions of dollars as consultants explaining what they now think, what you know is they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. i mean, this is a serious crisis of the conservative movement and the republican party because if we...
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tavis smiley and newt gingrich, apparently, had some kind of get together, and newt gingrich was very taken with smiley's initiative to start this. and so how do we create entrepreneurship in these inner cities? right now if you're living in the such you shoulds, you can -- suburbs, you can start a landscaping company. people in inner cities need those kinds of opportunities so they, too, can have the opportunity to participate in the american dream, so they're given an infrastructure to how do you start a sub shop, a landscaping company? so the whole notion of what makes america great is because people want to build and create and inspire people and make everybody at every level successful. and that's why it's exciting to be one of the 1%. i'm part of the 1%. and i have no, i have no shame about that because every dollar i have, $100 million, whatever i have, i traded that for something that somebody else wanted. i took a $100,000 portfolio of one of my teachers and built it into a retirement egg that he could have. if i take a thousand dollar fee for that after i pay my expenses and
tavis smiley and newt gingrich, apparently, had some kind of get together, and newt gingrich was very taken with smiley's initiative to start this. and so how do we create entrepreneurship in these inner cities? right now if you're living in the such you shoulds, you can -- suburbs, you can start a landscaping company. people in inner cities need those kinds of opportunities so they, too, can have the opportunity to participate in the american dream, so they're given an infrastructure to how do...
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the so-called gingrich revolution. going into congress in 1994, what was your enthusiasm level and the process? >> i thought we are going to fix and address the promise of our country. i was awakened to the fact that this and as we begin a majority staying in power was more important will we promised. consequently and you saw from after 96, party pretty well abandoned spending restraints or after 97 essentially. >> tel long before you were disillusioned? >> in the house? >> yes. >> the customer probably two years. >> two years. >> i saw some hints of it. the rudder starting to shift. how do we stay here. how'd we enhance our majority. my thought is it's wonderfully okay to lose an election. if you do it based on principle and sticking to the core values that you promise to voters that you would do. >> in breach of trust and i'll washington turned outsiders and insiders you right, ten things congress does not want you to know about how it does business. number one, the appropriations committee staff knows more about the
the so-called gingrich revolution. going into congress in 1994, what was your enthusiasm level and the process? >> i thought we are going to fix and address the promise of our country. i was awakened to the fact that this and as we begin a majority staying in power was more important will we promised. consequently and you saw from after 96, party pretty well abandoned spending restraints or after 97 essentially. >> tel long before you were disillusioned? >> in the house?...
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newt gingrich's ring tone is dancing queen. i think that nobody's going to take a chance on newt gingrich. i could be wrong. can you hear what he is playing? this is dancing queen by abba. i paid for the dancing queen ring tone and i'm keeping it. good-bye, sir. we will miss you until you do it again in four years, if you can figure out how to make money off of it. i live for days like this in politics. easily the best new thing in my world today. best new thing in the world today. everybody's today's news best new thing in the world. best new thing in the world. there's a lot of them. hold on. we'll be right back. not many people want to be outside in unless they have to. only a few people by which i mean a few thousand people bundled up in their rain gear and headed out to grant park in chicago to cheer on veterans of the iraq war and the afghanistan war as the second city staged the second welcome home parade. to say welcome home to the soldiers. go chicago. there were marching bands and motorcycles and war dogs and more tha
newt gingrich's ring tone is dancing queen. i think that nobody's going to take a chance on newt gingrich. i could be wrong. can you hear what he is playing? this is dancing queen by abba. i paid for the dancing queen ring tone and i'm keeping it. good-bye, sir. we will miss you until you do it again in four years, if you can figure out how to make money off of it. i live for days like this in politics. easily the best new thing in my world today. best new thing in the world today. everybody's...
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newt gingrich's ring tone is dancing queen. i think that nobody's going to take a chance on newt gingrich. i could be wrong. can you hear what he is playing? this is dancing queen by abba. i paid for the dancing queen ring tone and i'm keeping it. good-bye, sir. we will miss you until you do it again in four years, if you can figure out how to make money off of it. i live for days like this in politics. easily the best new thing in my world today. best new thing in the world today. everybody's today's news best new thing in the world. best new thing in the world. there's a lot of them. hold on. we'll be right back. [ dylan ] this is one way to keep your underwear clean. this is another! ta-daa! try charmin ultra strong. it cleans so well and you can use up to four times less than the leading value brand. oh! there it is. thanks son. hey! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra strong has a duraclean texture that can help you get clean while still using less. and it's four times stronger versus the leading value brand. charmin ultra
newt gingrich's ring tone is dancing queen. i think that nobody's going to take a chance on newt gingrich. i could be wrong. can you hear what he is playing? this is dancing queen by abba. i paid for the dancing queen ring tone and i'm keeping it. good-bye, sir. we will miss you until you do it again in four years, if you can figure out how to make money off of it. i live for days like this in politics. easily the best new thing in my world today. best new thing in the world today. everybody's...
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unlike what newt gingrich faced where people were worried about their elections because of newt gingrich. john boehner is not a problem for most of these people voting against him, so i think the problem is can he continue to get stuff done and this also shows a hard it is to get stuff pass. if they are going to vote against him being speaker, imagine if there are bigger deals that have painful choices. host we will conclude on that now. john freehery republican strategist and jim manley veteran of the senate working for a number of senators and democratdemocratic strategist. gentlemen thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you very much. >> host: i think cybersecurity her remains the top-rated because of his national security invocations. besought congress failed to reach an agreement on cybersecurity legislation in 2012 as perhaps many would have predicted. they lean very far apart and the industries opposed any kind of cybersecurity stand. >> host: another big issue is going to be implementing the incentive option to create more spectrum so the fcc has its sleeves rolled up and
unlike what newt gingrich faced where people were worried about their elections because of newt gingrich. john boehner is not a problem for most of these people voting against him, so i think the problem is can he continue to get stuff done and this also shows a hard it is to get stuff pass. if they are going to vote against him being speaker, imagine if there are bigger deals that have painful choices. host we will conclude on that now. john freehery republican strategist and jim manley...
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one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like dengue fever. so last time we had some good candidates, not only for rhyming, but in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called yes i know he's a mill worker's son, but there's hollywood in that hair. or sarah palin of course, for whom i wrote her version of that harpist racing classic, on a clear day i seek lot of all stock. and this time in 2008 when they started talking about candidates, it seems impossible to believe now, but then governor of illinois was mentioned, rob okoye vetch. wow, i feared. it turns out it's not a bad name to rhyme. i read a palm on the auctioning off of barack obama senate seat. it seemed a powerful appointment, which was his should make him rich. his plan turned out to have a glitch. perhaps the fed had slipped kucinich. [laughter] so in 2012, i was a little concerned although we have one or two candidates left over from 2008. you know, including that from the of course. yet one
one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like dengue fever. so last time we had some good candidates, not only for rhyming, but in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called yes i know he's a mill worker's son, but there's hollywood in that hair. or sarah palin of course, for whom i wrote her version of that harpist racing classic, on a clear day i seek...
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gingrich aware that her husband cheated on and loved two seriously ill lies desperately tries to make light of a bad cough. [laughter] newt things it sounds like ben-gay fever. last time we had good candidates not only for rhyme but just in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called "yes i know he's a mill worker's son but there's hollywood in that hair." or sarah palin, of course, for whom i wrote her version of the barbara stray sand classic "on a clear day i see --." [laughter] and this time when they -- and in 2008 when they started talking about candidates, it seems impossible to believe now. but the then governor of illinois was mentioned rob blay. i feared rob. it turned out it's not a bad name to rhyme. i've wrote a poem on the auctions off of barack obama's seat. [laughter] in 2012, i was a little concerned. although we had one or two candidates left over from 2008. including mitt romney, of course, he had run in 2008. and in 2008, i had done a poem about him that went yes, myth, so slick of speech. .. rick perry lake john edwards has beautiful hair and a good rhyme with pe
gingrich aware that her husband cheated on and loved two seriously ill lies desperately tries to make light of a bad cough. [laughter] newt things it sounds like ben-gay fever. last time we had good candidates not only for rhyme but just in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called "yes i know he's a mill worker's son but there's hollywood in that hair." or sarah palin, of course, for whom i wrote her version of the barbara stray sand classic "on a clear day i see --."...
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they did it with newt gingrich. they did wit dick armey. they did it in the '60s to former speaker joe martin. they did to it charles halleck. that's how gerald ford got to be the republican leader in congress before he ever became president. he got his leadership role thanks to a republican coup. there was a good article which we have linked to on the blog if you want to check it out. the short of it is republicans have a history of attacking their own relationship, overthrowing their own top dogs. but importantly, it is only republicans who do this. democrats do not do this. there is no history of a democratic speaker being overthrown by his or her side. but republicans seem to enjoy it. and tomorrow they will get another chance. house speaker john boehner faces a vote tomorrow in his own caucus as to whether or not he gets to remain speaker. the smart money says that he is going to keep his job, in part because nobody knows who else might want that job right now except for him. but it is never a good sign when you have to respond to repo
they did it with newt gingrich. they did wit dick armey. they did it in the '60s to former speaker joe martin. they did to it charles halleck. that's how gerald ford got to be the republican leader in congress before he ever became president. he got his leadership role thanks to a republican coup. there was a good article which we have linked to on the blog if you want to check it out. the short of it is republicans have a history of attacking their own relationship, overthrowing their own top...
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newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dickens to chronicle it. i do think there is the cruelty amidst the reality show debates we have been subjected to. who is running this, entertainment or news? there is a cruelty when people cheer that someone dies without health care or bbo a soldier that dies in iraq. >> i am joking about herman cain. he is a guy who cannot hide the truth well. that makes me more comfortable with the idea that i know who he is about so i can make a decision. >> are you tal
newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot...
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new gingrich, tuck brough carlson, george will, and some really fun outside conservatives like curt schilling and ted nugent. so the book became a reputation of a collection of stereotypes. there are of course the mainstays. republicans are homophobic. republicans are warmongers and we even tackled some of the less scientific republicans are not funny, republicans are bad in bed, and maybe most offensively, republicans aren't one cool. and we did a ton of research and we rode all of these meeting our interviews with these famous people into the appropriate chapter is but once we were done but challenge began. you can't call up john harper collins and say here's my book i want some of that money. publishers don't select the manuscript. the literary agents are notoriously famously liberal, which is fine, but if you have your lieberman here, maybe starbucks, which is no problem but we had more than 100 agents, and you would think that it would be easy to get people to take 15% of your potential earnings. but it wasn't. one called me to tell me that he hoped my teeth fell out and another said tha
new gingrich, tuck brough carlson, george will, and some really fun outside conservatives like curt schilling and ted nugent. so the book became a reputation of a collection of stereotypes. there are of course the mainstays. republicans are homophobic. republicans are warmongers and we even tackled some of the less scientific republicans are not funny, republicans are bad in bed, and maybe most offensively, republicans aren't one cool. and we did a ton of research and we rode all of these...
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. >> host: ron miller, in "sellout" praised newt gingrich. >> guest: well, i praised him because he seems to have an understanding for the republican party falls down on the job when it comes to reaching down to people of color. interestingly enough being from the south seems to have a much more acute sensitivity to the relationships between black and white americans and others. i won't say i agree on everything, but i know when the republican party struggled to get candidates to appear back into destiny, which are specifically geared towards minority voters and issues, he was one of the people that came out of was highly critical of his candidates for whatever reason chose not to attend. ironically mitt romney was one of those candidates. but i feel like he's been affected by a lot but have been in the south. i understand reading this on background he was profoundly affected by the assassination of the hurricane. obviously she and her been came our good friend. i feel he had a pulse on the conservative republican out reach to the community upon the candidates don't have. >> host: as far
. >> host: ron miller, in "sellout" praised newt gingrich. >> guest: well, i praised him because he seems to have an understanding for the republican party falls down on the job when it comes to reaching down to people of color. interestingly enough being from the south seems to have a much more acute sensitivity to the relationships between black and white americans and others. i won't say i agree on everything, but i know when the republican party struggled to get...
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so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. mike lee, rick perry, governor of texas, has a fairly recent book called "fed up." and it's a state's rights manifesto. so that collectively, in of the politicians on the far right, and then that conservative entertainment complex who became the foundation -- i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda political leaders? is this something we might expect when something as complicate as a historical event over 200 years ago is written about and talked about by people who are up for election and trying to sell books? is this an inevitable outgrowth of our culture? >> guest: to a large extent, yes, the discourse has not changed much over the last 200 years. this kind of very propagandaistic use of people and -- so, yes, i do think that is part of the genre. and i think that part of the genre needs to be people like me writing correctives and saying, this is -- if this is where groating your history, is a wrong, o
so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. mike lee, rick perry, governor of texas, has a fairly recent book called "fed up." and it's a state's rights manifesto. so that collectively, in of the politicians on the far right, and then that conservative entertainment complex who became the foundation -- i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda political leaders? is this something...
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so i read several recent oxford newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry, governor of texas has a recent book called setup, a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some politicians on the far right and conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 bucks from not wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect any more from propagandists and political leaders? is this what we might expect from something as complicated over 200 years ago written about and talked about is people up for election and trying to sell books? is this an inevitable outgrowth of our culture who talks about these issues this way? >> guest: to a large extent, yes. if you look historically, it hasn't changed much over even the last two years. this kind of propagandists use of history, even while the district was being made, people were very propagandists. what jefferson before they were dead and what they meant. so yes, i do think that is part of the genre and it didn't part of the genre needs to be people like me writing correct
so i read several recent oxford newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry, governor of texas has a recent book called setup, a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some politicians on the far right and conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 bucks from not wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect any more from propagandists and political leaders? is this what we might expect from something as complicated over 200 years ago...
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newt gingrich knows that really hurts. the republicans lost deeply when we had a major government shutdown under president clinton. this would be even more dramatic than that. so those are some of the very big options if rationality does not prevail. >> jennifer: rationality has not been the strong suit of the republican party at least on the house side. they are going into this debt ceiling debate, though saying we the u.s. -- if we don't cut spending to an equivalent amount, that we're in danger of turning go greece. here is the senator quote . . . so let me -- let me just ask you about that, though. because people often compare the u.s. to greece if in fact we don't slash spending. is that a realistic concern? >> no, for a variety of reasons. first of all greece has been in default about 50% of the time over the last 150 years. the u.s. has never defaulted. number 2, the u.s. government is borrowing at near historic low rates about 1.9% on a ten-year treasury bond. the greek government is borrowing at i think around ten
newt gingrich knows that really hurts. the republicans lost deeply when we had a major government shutdown under president clinton. this would be even more dramatic than that. so those are some of the very big options if rationality does not prevail. >> jennifer: rationality has not been the strong suit of the republican party at least on the house side. they are going into this debt ceiling debate, though saying we the u.s. -- if we don't cut spending to an equivalent amount, that we're...
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i figure they ought to at least be willing to agree with it so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry governor of texas has a fairly recent book called fed up. it's a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some of the politicians on the far right and then that's conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda and political leaders? in other words is this what we might expect when something as complicated as the historical event over 200 years ago is written about and talked about and people who are up for election? was this just an inevitable outgrowth of our part of the culture that talks about these issues this way? >> guest: i think to a large extent yes and if you look historically, it hasn't changed much over even the last 200 years. this kind of eerie propagandistic view of history. even while that history was being made, people were very propagandist. people were propagandist about washington and jefferson and wha
i figure they ought to at least be willing to agree with it so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry governor of texas has a fairly recent book called fed up. it's a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some of the politicians on the far right and then that's conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda and...
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gingrich on many fiscal issues, but i think on this one he's right. take the debt ceiling off the table permanently. investors around the world are watching this hearing. they're looking at your words, they're trying to understand what does prioritization mean, how does this not involve default? the degree of uncertainty that is being multiplied by this conversation is extraordinary. the impact on municipalities is going to be tough. they will face higher borrowing costs to extent that risk premiums rise around the united states and the world, and that means either they've got to fire people, or they're going to raise property taxes or face other problems. so this is a very bad route to go down. >> i have great respect for dr. boustany, but we are talking about default. whether we're talking about immediate default or default three months from now, that is a policy issue. mr. hoagland, you also talked about bringing balance to that issue. i thought that was an excellent point, and you said it ought to be done through regular order. how do you see that
gingrich on many fiscal issues, but i think on this one he's right. take the debt ceiling off the table permanently. investors around the world are watching this hearing. they're looking at your words, they're trying to understand what does prioritization mean, how does this not involve default? the degree of uncertainty that is being multiplied by this conversation is extraordinary. the impact on municipalities is going to be tough. they will face higher borrowing costs to extent that risk...
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gingrich predicted that the republicans were in on this. watch this. >> everybody's now talking here comes the debt ceiling. i think that's frankly a dead loser. because in the end you know it's going to happen. the whole financial system is going to say this will be a gigantic problem. you can't be responsible. and they'll cave. >> when you have newt gingrich saying they'll cave. and newt gingrich did this, i mean, you really have to question how the republicans even took this long to start equivocating on what they're going to do. >> i think everything that you've played so far and joan's comments are convincing that the leadership is wavering. and when politicians begin to waver, that usually means they're not holding as firm as they suggest. but i will say this. there's not one monolithic republican out there. there's really two. there's the leadership that's been shown when pushed against the wall particularly by some of their financial sponsors, if you will, to compromise. and then there's this base of radicals who i think probably wo
gingrich predicted that the republicans were in on this. watch this. >> everybody's now talking here comes the debt ceiling. i think that's frankly a dead loser. because in the end you know it's going to happen. the whole financial system is going to say this will be a gigantic problem. you can't be responsible. and they'll cave. >> when you have newt gingrich saying they'll cave. and newt gingrich did this, i mean, you really have to question how the republicans even took this long...
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. >> schieffer: we'll hear more on that from newt gingrich. tennessee republican representative, marsha blackburn. for analysis, being bring there david ignatius of the "washington post." david sanger of the "new york times," and from campaign 2012, obama adviser stephanie cutter, and romney adviser kevin madden. back to face off one more time because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. california's democratic senator dianne feinstein is joining us in the studio this morning. senator, you introduced this legislation friday to ban assault weapons, reinstate the ban. you got this passed once before. it was uphill all the way. you can see this time it's going to be uphill, but why do you think you can get it passed? >> well, i think i can get it passed because the american people are very much for it. there's a new poll out, 50,000 people in the field, 68% supportive of a ban on assault weapons. i think what happens is you
. >> schieffer: we'll hear more on that from newt gingrich. tennessee republican representative, marsha blackburn. for analysis, being bring there david ignatius of the "washington post." david sanger of the "new york times," and from campaign 2012, obama adviser stephanie cutter, and romney adviser kevin madden. back to face off one more time because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the...
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on the other side is gingrich and the contract with america and the determination debate to take bill clinton down is a total failure. they shut down the government twice. every time they do that clinton goes up in popularity. he has an extraordinary victory in 1996 which is stunning. what a comeback. it's a third comeback hit 1982 in arkansas, after the flours episode and now with the re-election in 1996. he's at the peak of another one of these crescendo in the roller coaster. where you're there, you have to think what's going on down below. because during that same period of time bill clinton is carrying on a 16-month affair with monica, the white house intern. it's crazy. it's stupid, it's insane. new year's eve, easter sunday, 16-months, and when monica finally gets moved out of the white house because enough people are concerned about how often she's around the president's offs they transfer her to the pentagon, she meets a new best friend named linda tripp and linda tripp tape records every damn conversation and that is all down. and guess what? linda tripp is in cabbing with a
on the other side is gingrich and the contract with america and the determination debate to take bill clinton down is a total failure. they shut down the government twice. every time they do that clinton goes up in popularity. he has an extraordinary victory in 1996 which is stunning. what a comeback. it's a third comeback hit 1982 in arkansas, after the flours episode and now with the re-election in 1996. he's at the peak of another one of these crescendo in the roller coaster. where you're...
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newt gingrich criticizing the process. no one really seems happy with what happened or how it happened. is this how things are going to get done in washington these days, governing by crisis? let's start with you, anna. >> well, you know, i agree with that part that he just said. this is absolutely not healthy governing. i love newt gingrich. he was in miami over the holidays e was having a little diversion himself. i suspect when he was speaker, he didn't very much like criticism of the type he is giving now. newt gingrich is a great ideas guy. not all are great ideas. some of his criticisms are valid. we are not doing this in a healthy, whole some, constructive way. we seem to be going from crisis to crisis to crisis, which is part of this destructive cycle. that being said, this is not a division. this was a real cliff. this was a real problem. i think john boehner deserves a lot of credit for having put so much into it, for having tried so hard to make a deal. for having herded his cats. it was not pretty. it was makin
newt gingrich criticizing the process. no one really seems happy with what happened or how it happened. is this how things are going to get done in washington these days, governing by crisis? let's start with you, anna. >> well, you know, i agree with that part that he just said. this is absolutely not healthy governing. i love newt gingrich. he was in miami over the holidays e was having a little diversion himself. i suspect when he was speaker, he didn't very much like criticism of the...
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they ought to at least be willing to agree with what is in them, so i read several recent books by new gingrich and there's a book called fed up that is a manifesto, some of the politicians on the right and that entertainment complex could be the foundation. that would be 30 or 40 books glenn beck, that a wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from the propaganda? in other words is this what we might expect when it is as complicated as over 200 years ago is written about and talked about the people that are up for reelection and trying to sell books is this just an inevitable outgrowth of the culture that talks about issues in this way? >> guest: to a large extent, yes and if you look historically at the discourse, it hasn't changed much over the last 200 years. this kind of very propaganda history. even while the history was being made, people were very propagandistic about -- people were free propagandistic before they were dead, and what they meant. so, yes. i do think that's part of the genre, and it needs to be people like me and saying if this is where you are gett
they ought to at least be willing to agree with what is in them, so i read several recent books by new gingrich and there's a book called fed up that is a manifesto, some of the politicians on the right and that entertainment complex could be the foundation. that would be 30 or 40 books glenn beck, that a wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from the propaganda? in other words is this what we might expect when it is as complicated as over 200 years ago is written...
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newt gingrich can advise them base on his own experience not to go down that road. but they seem bound and determined to do it. if you thought the upset over the tax increase was a big deal, wait until you get a load of this, because the republican hard-core is even talking about the notion that the president wants to get rid of the law that requires a vote on the debt ceiling. they've got all kinds of conspiracy theories going on about that that border on apocalyptic. and i think that is the white house's big concern, that the republicans are sort of an uncontrollable and dangerous force. and even if the republicans are going to lose politically as they would were there to be a shutdown. >> sure. >> it would have a lot of cost economically for the country. >> eugene, what is your reaction to senator cornyn's -- i mean this guy is in leadership with the republicans. he just didn't show up yesterday. he has been around for a while. he is talking reckless. >> yeah, that's certainly troubling. then again he is in the senate. the senate is controlled by democrats. of co
newt gingrich can advise them base on his own experience not to go down that road. but they seem bound and determined to do it. if you thought the upset over the tax increase was a big deal, wait until you get a load of this, because the republican hard-core is even talking about the notion that the president wants to get rid of the law that requires a vote on the debt ceiling. they've got all kinds of conspiracy theories going on about that that border on apocalyptic. and i think that is the...
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newt gingrich can advise them base on his own experience not to go down that road. but they seem bound and determined to do it. if you thought the upset over the tax increase was a big deal, wait until you get a load of this, because the republican hard-core is even talking about the notion that the president wants to get rid of the law that requires a vote on the debt ceiling. they've got all kinds of conspiracy theories going on about that that border on apocalyptic. and i think that is the white house's big concern, that the republicans are sort of an uncontrollable and dangerous force. and even if the republicans are going to lose politically as they would were there to be a shutdown. >> sure. >> it would have a lot of cost economically for the country. >> eugene, what is your reaction to senator cornyn's -- i mean this guy is in leadership with the republicans. he just didn't show up yesterday. he has been around for a while. he is talking reckless. >> yeah, that's certainly troubling. then again he is in the senate. the senate is controlled by democrats. of co
newt gingrich can advise them base on his own experience not to go down that road. but they seem bound and determined to do it. if you thought the upset over the tax increase was a big deal, wait until you get a load of this, because the republican hard-core is even talking about the notion that the president wants to get rid of the law that requires a vote on the debt ceiling. they've got all kinds of conspiracy theories going on about that that border on apocalyptic. and i think that is the...
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and what gingrich said will happen. >> what about the vice president's role here? the president has relied on joe biden. been pretty successful so far. should the vice president be brought in soon their time around? >> i think you should have the vice president have the republican senators come through, and he should just take pictures with them, and just continue the charm offensive. but clearly biden is going to be a huge player in all of this. he is just so schooled and so sophisticated and knows the nuances of every single issue that is coming down the pike. i think the president will be very wise to put vice president biden in the middle of these negotiations. >> but when it comes to social security, as we've talked about, president obama is on record in his book, in the debates, and in some stump speeches and interviews about where he stands on being open to change. how can he go back and negotiate on debt ceiling when the republicans are sitting there looking at chipping away at the big three, and not move on that? >> well, i mean, it's disheartening to hear
and what gingrich said will happen. >> what about the vice president's role here? the president has relied on joe biden. been pretty successful so far. should the vice president be brought in soon their time around? >> i think you should have the vice president have the republican senators come through, and he should just take pictures with them, and just continue the charm offensive. but clearly biden is going to be a huge player in all of this. he is just so schooled and so...
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(applause) >> and we're back with former speaker newt gingrich. newt, when we were talking earlier about the government shutdown, a lot of people to this day will say, oh, but the republicans, they shut the government down, it hurt a lot of people. do the republicans run the risk of a public relations nightmare if they actually create a government shutdown? >> well, first of all, i don't think we need to create a government shutdown. i think they should pass pa series of continuing resolutions. one could be for national defense, for the whole rest of the year. one could be for the department of labor and department of housing and urban development, a few other places like that. my guess is you could cut them by 20, 30% and the average american would think that's perfectly reasonable. now, then it would be up to the senate democrats or the president to decide whether or not they were going to force a government shutdown, but i don't think that republicans should set out to have a shutdown, but they shouldn't be afraid of saying there are things we
(applause) >> and we're back with former speaker newt gingrich. newt, when we were talking earlier about the government shutdown, a lot of people to this day will say, oh, but the republicans, they shut the government down, it hurt a lot of people. do the republicans run the risk of a public relations nightmare if they actually create a government shutdown? >> well, first of all, i don't think we need to create a government shutdown. i think they should pass pa series of continuing...
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joining me at the table, former speaker of the house newt gingrich. columnist for "the washington post" our friend ej dionne. chairman of the house democratic caucus, chairman xavier becerra. sorry i butchered your name just a minute ago. i should have known better as a californian. former head of hewlett-packard carly fiorina. and for the first time, the newly elected freshman independent senator from maine, angus king, succeeding the retiring olympia snow. he's a former governor of the state, and it's said that he will caucus with the democrats. and a big redskins fan, which is particularly important today as they play seattle. senator, welcome, and all of you welcome back to the program and happy new year. senator, let me start with you. based on everything you've heard this morning, it doesn't seem like a great way to run the government or to solve big problems, does it? >> i think one of things that comes out of this is of course the budget is important and the deficit is important, but there's an underlying structural issue that's affecting the
joining me at the table, former speaker of the house newt gingrich. columnist for "the washington post" our friend ej dionne. chairman of the house democratic caucus, chairman xavier becerra. sorry i butchered your name just a minute ago. i should have known better as a californian. former head of hewlett-packard carly fiorina. and for the first time, the newly elected freshman independent senator from maine, angus king, succeeding the retiring olympia snow. he's a former governor of...
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(applause) >> and we're back with former speaker newt gingrich. newt, when we were talking earlier about the government shutdown, a lot of people to this day will say, oh, but the republicans, they shut the government down, it hurt a lot of people. do the republicans run the risk of a public relations nightmare if they actually create a government shutdown? >> well, first of all, i don't think we need to create a government shutdown. i think they should pass pa series of continuing resolutions. one could be for national defense, for the whole rest of the year. one could be for the department of labor and department of housing and urban development, a few other places like that. my guess is you could cut them by 20, 30% and the average american would think that's perfectly reasonable. now, then it would be up to the senate democrats or the president to decide whether or not they were going to force a government shutdown, but i don't think that republicans should set out to have a shutdown, but they shouldn't be afraid of saying there are things we
(applause) >> and we're back with former speaker newt gingrich. newt, when we were talking earlier about the government shutdown, a lot of people to this day will say, oh, but the republicans, they shut the government down, it hurt a lot of people. do the republicans run the risk of a public relations nightmare if they actually create a government shutdown? >> well, first of all, i don't think we need to create a government shutdown. i think they should pass pa series of continuing...
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so newt gingrich, susan molinari, you know, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore, they've all consumed marijuana. they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder now to find people who came off age in the '60s and '70s who didn't experiment with marijuana or didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the democratic primary, i think it was 2008 or 2004, where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. i think it was anderson cooper asked them, okay, raise your hand if you didn't use marijuana, and joe lieberman had to sheepishly raise his hand. [laughter] so the question then becomes, well, what is the basic legitimacy of these laws? the hypocrisy under which these are written and voted on, right? the same people who violated these laws are now voting on these laws, and the question has to be asked would a prison sentence have been good for your life and your career, and if not, why is it so good for all these other people? particularly poor people and people of color and people in other parts of the world. so it's coming full circle now. we can't avoid this question much longer
so newt gingrich, susan molinari, you know, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore, they've all consumed marijuana. they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder now to find people who came off age in the '60s and '70s who didn't experiment with marijuana or didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the democratic primary, i think it was 2008 or 2004, where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. i think it was anderson cooper asked them, okay, raise your hand if you didn't use...
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but out of the billowing smoke and dust have tweets and trivia emerged gingrich. >> that, of course, was the best actual political theater of 2012, tony award winner reading of a newt gingrich press release, i believe. let's do the best political theater of 2012, and we are now going to start with alex wagner again because she has demanded that we start with her. >> it's a contractual obligation. >> yeah. >> it was the best because i couldn't believe it was happening in mid august. mitt romney took to the white board to explain what he was doing with medicare. >> i loved that. >> which in and of itself was a hoax. but the notion that this man would have this horribly staged managed moment in an effort to show that he was all about business, completely blew up in his face and cemented every narrative out there. >> i don't know if the mikes can pick it up but drinks are being spilled over there. >> party fouls. >> krystal ball, the best political theater. >> well, i also have a newt gingrich moment. when he turned questions about him asking his former wife for an open marriage. parlaye
but out of the billowing smoke and dust have tweets and trivia emerged gingrich. >> that, of course, was the best actual political theater of 2012, tony award winner reading of a newt gingrich press release, i believe. let's do the best political theater of 2012, and we are now going to start with alex wagner again because she has demanded that we start with her. >> it's a contractual obligation. >> yeah. >> it was the best because i couldn't believe it was happening in...